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Garoche, Pierre, Capt.
Stowage, Handling and Transport of Ship Cargoes.
New York: Cornell Maritime Press, 1941. 437 pages. Illustrations. Folding
plates. Chapter Titles: Problems of Ship Operation. Preparation of the Ship for
Loading. Loading of Cargoes. Stowage. Transportation. Damage. Carriage of
Special Cargoes. Loading Plan. Stowage Factors and Data on Various Commodities.
Miscellaneous Notes.
Good hardcover in poor dust jacket. #13263. $22.50
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Goldberg, Joseph P.
The Maritime Story: A Study in Labor-Management Relations.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1958. xv, 361 pages. Wertheim Publications in
Industrial Relations.
Good maroon hardcover. #14056. $22.50
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Harding, Addie C., as told by Garnett Laidlaw Eskew.
America Rides the Liners.
Illustrated by Constance Enslow. New York: Coward-McCann, 1956. 1st printing.
271 pages. Illustrations. Photographs.
Good hardcover in slightly frayed and worn dust jacket. #14155. $17.50
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Hough, B. Olney.
Ocean Traffic and Trade.
Chicago: LaSalle Extension University, 1918. 448 pages. Photographs. Folding
plates.
Cloth-covered hardcover binding. Fair. #13006. $15
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Jane's Freight Containers.
Jane's Freight Containers, 1968-69.
Edited by George Downie. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968. 1st edition. Folio (very
large book). 597 pages. Illustrations.
Very good hardcover. #13589. $20
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Knott, J. R.
The Collision Rules with Questions and Answers.
Whyteleafe, Surrey: Kandy Publishing Ltd., 1965. 65 pages.
Good stiff wrappers (soft cover). #13240. $20
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Leeming, Joseph.
Modern Ship Stowage, Including Methods of Handling Cargo at
Ocean Terminals.
New York: Sweetman, 1957. Reprint of 1942 edition. 718 pages. Photographs.
Chapter Titles: Receipt and Handling of Cargo at Ocean Terminal. Lading and
Unloading Equipment and Methods. Types of Ocean-Going Vessels. Principles of
Stowage. Stowage for Maximum Use of Ship's Capacity. Stowing to Avoid Damage to
Cargo. Damage from Temperature Changes During the Voyage. Stowage and Special
Cargoes. Appendixes. Each chapter has detailed sub-chapters.
Buckram. Good. #16588. $12.50
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Low, F. R.
Condensers: A Series of Lectures and Articles upon the Subject
Reprinted from the Columns of "Power."
New York: McGraw-Hill & London: Hill Publishing Co., 1907. Large 8vo. 79 pages.
Illustrations.
Cloth-covered hardcover binding. Good. #12484. $20
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McAdam, Roger Williams.
Salts of the Sound: An Informal History of Steamboat Days and
the Famous Skippers Who Sailed Long Island Sound.
New York: Stephen Daye Press, 1957. Revised and enlarged. 240 pages. Index.
Illustrations. Photographs. Endpaper maps.
Very good hardcover in slightly worn and rubbed dust jacket; former owner's
name inside front cover, on title page, and on rear flyleaf. #29156. $10
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MacKenzie, Colin.
Sailors of Fortune.
Foreword by Quentin Reynolds. New York: Dutton, 1944. 1st edition. 190 pages.
Photographs.
An account of the merchant navy during World War II. Good hardcover; top edge
of front cover and frontispiece slightly stained. #14600. $10
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Maxtone-Graham, John.
Legend of the Seas.
Miami Beach, Florida: Royal Caribbean, 1995. 208 pages. Photographs.
Illustrations.
A book to celebrate the launching of the cruise ship 'Legend of the Seas.' Very
good hardcover. #20717. $20
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Miller, William H., and David F.
Hutchings.
Transatlantic Liners at War: The Story of the Queens.
Foreword by Peter Jackson. New York: Arco Publishing, 1985. 175 pages. Index.
Bibliography. Photographs. Plans. Dated, inscribed and signed by the author,
William Miller.
Story of the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth during the second world war. Very
good dark blue cloth in Very good dust jacket. ISBN 0668063955. #27469.
$20
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Nelson, Stewart B.
Oceanographic Ships Fore and Aft.
Washington, D.C.: Office of the Oceanographer of the Navy & Government Printing
Office, 1971. 4to (large book). xvii, 240 pages. Index. Bibliography.
Photographs. Illustrations.
Good pictorial hardcover binding, edges slightly rubbed. #11104. $7.50
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Ocean Publishing Co.
The Blue Book of Facts on Marine Engineering.
New York: Ocean Publishing Co., 1917? 2d edition. 12mo (small book). 95 pages.
A textbook for Engineer's license applicants. Cloth-covered hardcover binding.
Good. #10349. $20
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